Putnam, MO County is a rural area in the Midwest with a small population. Despite its size, Putnam is an active political area and has a strong interest in local politics. The county frequently votes on important issues that affect the community and local candidates run for office each election cycle. The current political climate of Putnam is largely conservative, though there are a few progressive voices making their presence known as well. Putnam also works closely with state politicians to ensure that their voices are heard on the matters that matter most to them. Every election brings new challenges and opportunities to the county and constituents look forward to engaging in meaningful political dialogue about how best to move forward.
The political climate in Putnam County, MO is very conservative.
In Putnam County, MO 15.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Putnam county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.0% to 15.3%.
Putnam county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Putnam County, MO is very conservative.
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Missouri is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Putnam, Missouri: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Putnam County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 121 contributions totaling $8,666 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $976 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)